KALKI 2898 AD BOX OFFICE COLLECTION: PRABHAS AND DEEPIKA PADUKONE STARRER RACES AHEAD WITH RS 343 CRORE
Kalki 2898 AD released amid high expectations and the box office numbers did not disappoint! The film opened with a whopping Rs 95 crore on Thursday, which included Rs 65 crore from the Telugu version and Rs 22.5 crore from Hindi. Kalki 2898 AD clocked a 300 crore extended weekend across India, in all langauges.
On Monday, Kalki 2898 AD saw a huge drop of 60.77 percent and earned only Rs 34.6 crore. The maximum business came from the Telugu version - Rs 14.5 crore and the Hindi version - Rs 16.5 crore. While the Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam made minor additions to the total. At the end of five days, Kalki 2898 AD stands at a total collection of Rs 343.6 crore, which includes Rs 182 crore from Telugu, Rs 20.3 crore from Tamil, Rs 128 crore from Hindi, Rs 2.1 crore from Kannada and Rs 11.2 crore from the Malayalam version, reports Sacnilk. Meanwhile the worldwide four-day weekend collection of the film is Rs 519 crore.
Directed by Nag Ashwin, Kalki 2898 AD stars an ensemble cast including Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Haasan, Prabhas, Deepika Padukone and Disha Patani. The film draws inspiration from Hindi scriptures and is set in a post-apocalyptic world in the year 2898 AD. The film is made on a massive budget of Rs 600 crore, making it one of the most expensive Indian films.
During the promotions of the film, Amitabh Bachchan had revealed that he was amazed with Nag Ashwin’s vision for Kalki 2898 AD. Big B had shared, “When Nag Ashwin came and explained his idea to me, for the long time after he left I was thinking, ‘what the hell is Nagi drinking?’ To see something like this which is absolutely outrageous, some of the visuals that you have seen are unbelievable. To have somebody conceive a project which is so futuristic and possible… and during the making of the film you realise that no matter what he thought of he actually brought all the material, all the effects, every kind of vision that he had to the screen and that’s been really amazing. For me to be just a part of it, has been an experience I’ll never forget."